{"id":22065,"date":"2016-07-01T12:56:38","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T16:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=22065"},"modified":"2026-07-17T14:54:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:54:58","slug":"katherine-frankel","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/katherine-frankel\/","title":{"rendered":"Katherine Frankel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Katherine K. Frankel is an associate professor of literacy education at Boston University Wheelock College of Education &amp; Human Development. Dr. Frankel teaches graduate courses in literacy and qualitative methods. Her research focuses on adolescent literacy, broadly, including how to support adolescents\u2019 literacy learning across disciplines in secondary (middle and high school) classrooms as well as in one-on-one tutoring and other intervention contexts. Drawing on critical sociocultural theories, she seeks to understand how adolescents\u2019 multiple literacies and identities intersect with, and complicate, the literacy practices of school. Working in collaboration with young people, their teachers, and communities, she co-designs literacy learning opportunities that affirm and extend adolescents\u2019 literacy histories, identities, and capacities in the pursuit of sustainable, expansive, and equity-oriented learning.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Dr. Frankel was a grammar and composition teacher and reading tutor at Landmark High School in Beverly, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>Pronouns: she\/her<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h6 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Recent News<\/h6><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2026\/scholarly-accomplishments-february-2026\/\">Scholarly Accomplishments, February 2026<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2025\/scholarly-accomplishments-may-2025\/\">Scholarly Accomplishments May 2025<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2025\/bu-wheelock-scholarly-accomplishments-march-2025\/\">Scholarly Accomplishments March 2025<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2024\/how-can-educators-improve-literacy-and-instill-a-joy-of-reading\/\">How Can Educators Improve Literacy and Instill a Joy of Reading?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2023\/guiding-youth-to-create-change-through-stem\/\">Guiding Youth to Create Change through STEM<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2022\/four-bu-wheelock-faculty-promoted-with-tenure\/\">Four BU Wheelock Faculty Promoted with Tenure<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2020\/study-explores-how-youth-mentors-facilitate-stem-learning-teaching-and-doing\/\">Study Explores How Youth Mentors Facilitate STEM Learning, Teaching, and Doing<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h6 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">In the Media<\/h6><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2023\/how-to-help-kids-become-better-readers\/\">How to Help Kids Become Better Readers<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11825,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/22065"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11825"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/22065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89695,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/22065\/revisions\/89695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}